Have you ever sat on a bus and suddenly the person sitting behind you or besides you phone rings and the convo never stops til you’re off the bus?

Well this has happened to me by far too many times!!

On numerous occasions I’ve boarded a bus and people answer their phones and the conversation doesn’t last so long but apparently those around me do. I was sitting on a bus heading home after a long days work just hoping to reach quick enough to kick back and watch my soaps when all of a sudden this unusual passenger sits by me. She wasn’t a regular to the route…..far less the country!!

Already her size was squeezing me up in the tiny bus seat her phone rang and she started to move vigorously trying to remove it from her back pocket shoving me a few times….yes trust me I was annoyed and then she answered the phone, “Shiela! Yes girl whats up? Hmmm I getting used to life here in Dominica man the people are friendly the food is great I can’t complain at all, by the way, you have international free calling na? great!! So we can talk”.

From there I knew my afternoon wasn’t going in the direction I wanted it to. This lady went from topic to topic from moving into her new house, to family woes, to who have who man and not in country and on and on it went. Believe me, sitting by her was a task, going deaf for her sake was another.

This lady laughed and she cried and she screamed down the bus whilst on her phone. Other people asked for her to quiet down and she just continued and even grew louder. There I was sitting next to her and squeezing there was not anything I could say. The bus ride from town to where I live was 15 minutes and I got off at my stop and this lady was still on the phone!! Well she was a blabber!! I had never met someone so before.

People have no respect for others in their immediate surroundings; guess this lady couldn’t give two hoots about anyone around her. From since that day, I’ve seen this lady numerous times and I have made sure not to board any bus that she is on. And just in case she meets me on one I shall leave because no one needs this on their way home from work!!!!

And that’s my sound off!

Have you ever had a relative, friend, acquaintance or co-worker who just talks too much?

Well that’s what I am being faced with on a daily basis.

This employee who sits centimeters away from me talks from dusk till dawn and it is beginning to annoy me.

“Boy Black Diamond Calypso hot! Is just too many Pit Toilets in Dominica these days! So Dons and Divas sponsoring a queen? Not even KFC that sponsor a queen for the amount of money they making on us! Aa you heard Sye was blue vex at Mas Camp last week nuh? I have no idea who awanjer him at Mas Camp! What is wrong with them restaurants these days, they don’t even want to give you extra ketchup when you ask? Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla….

On and on she goes from one topic to another.

Case in point; yesterday she started a conversation about the Calypsos at around noon and didn’t stop yapping until a quarter to three.

The woman must be talking in her sleep too.

I have told her several times I need to concentrate on my work but that never stopped her.

I feel I should report her useless chatting but I don’t want to take bread from her mouth.

What should I do? Because her constant yapping has really gotten to me!

Every carnival, it appears that the costumes get worst.

While the Opening Parade on Saturday was a smashing hit, some ladies, especially those who participated in the costume parade, need a REALITY CHECK!!

First and foremost, if a woman knows she wants to participate in a parade where the costumes are revealing, then they should consider their size and size of the costume.

Ladies wearing short pants showing off things that really should not be for public consumption is just unpleasant and a serious NO NO fashion wise!!

Hey…I am not discriminating, but if you know you want to participate in the parade especially with skimpy costumes, maybe during the year it would be WISE to hit the gym, or go walking, running, jogging, crunching, SOMETHING!!!

But to forsake exercising all year through and in the words of Calypsonian Son of the Saint have “Taytay on belly, boom boom un-sexy, body like a gallon bottle but they dressing like a model” is UNSIGHTLY!!

And for those of you who will try to say that we are “putting down plus size women” get off it already.

The point is ALL women should know what kind of clothes suits them and what doesn’t!

If you are slim you wear the correct size to fit your slim body likewise if you are plus size you should wear clothes that fit your plus size body.

Don’t stifle the medium sized clothes and say “oh well its carnival”.

Remember a MIRROR is every ladies BEST FRIEND!

Have you ever walked into a room to the nagging sound of a ladies heel that has been deprived of its sole?

Well that’s exactly what I’m going through.

I work with this female who for some reason has had serious issues with her shoe soles! She either seems to be leaving them everywhere or she is purposefully irritating the ear drums of her other colleagues.

Imagine being in an office and all you hear is “proxe toxe, proxe toxe” this is so annoying!!!

I really wish someone would tell her or tie her to her chair.

Besides it is only 10 bucks to re-sole the heel of one’s shoes, so I’m not sure what stopping her.

Probably, it’s the economy but I’m willing to give her the 10 bucks just to stop the annoyance.

And that’s my sound off!